Parallel rodline power transmitting connecters



Feb. 12,1935. v 1,991,072

PARALLEL RODLINE POWER TRANSMITTING GONNECTERS Filed Feb. 8, 1934 Mum/-72 gig/7E7 VENToR ATTORNEY provements in,means of changing the punc arodline for operating a pumpfjack from onedirectional line to'another directional line paral lel theretof andi has for its primary object the provision of such a device for use in underground,

rodline crossingsg asof roads; where thejuseiof holdups and holddowns would be awkward to install or use or for any other reason would be y undesirable, and in'general to provide a practical means of abruptly avoiding a building,

foundation, tank or other obstruction. Another object is to provide such a-device in manner adapted to deflect the pull of the rodlineat an.

angle.

will be disclosed as the description proceeds, my invention consists in the novel features hereinafter set forth, shown in the accompanying drawing and more particularly-pointed out in'the appended claims; Referringyto the drawing in which like numerals represent similar parts thruout the several views: Fig. 1 is a top plan view of my device mounted on the walls of a concrete pit and shown as in use in making an underground rodline crossing be-. neath a roadway. i i

Fig. 2 is a view of the same in sideelevation on line A-A of Fig. ,1. Fig. 3 is a view of the samein end elevation on line BB of Figs. land 2.

Fig. 4 is a view in side elevation of my front truck axle housing and connecting lugs'thereon.

Fig. 5 is a view in side elevation of my rear truck axle housing and connecting lugs thereon,

and with the carriage arm thereto connected.

Fig.6 is a view of the same in end elevation.

Fig. 7 isa view in side elevation f my link mountedat the end of the carriage arm and having the tension coupler of the carriageconnected thereto and also having a rodline connection thereon. r

Fig. 8 is a cross sectional diagrammatic view of a rodline, installation at an underground road. crossing, wherein my device is employed at both sides of the road as a combined holdup and holddown in both instances. 1 e

Fig. 9 is a top plan diagrammatic view of a rodline installation using my device for abruptly avoiding obstructions such as a-building and a tank. i i 1 In Figs. 1, 2, 3and 8, numeral .1 represents the side walls of a pit.2 whereinmy device is positioned at a roadway which is ditched at both aperture 23. Q H 1 v comprises wheels 24 on an i numeral trepresents a pier foundation support for said device, with 3; indicating af building and 8 a tank, both of whichlare f -obstructions to be abruptly avoided cy the rodline' into which: 'my deviceisconneetedb W 1 Turning to the devicefitself; the preferred form of which is. disclosedlinithedrawing 9 represents tracks of structural steel'flI beams arranged in pairs on which the carriage of my device may travel with'the reciprocating motion imparted to.

it by the movement of the rodline to'which it may.

u i f be connected. 1 With the above and other objects in view which The carriage aforesaid is made with 'a"-fr ont truck indicated generally by wand a rear. truck indicated generally'byll, connected by two couplers hereinafter mentioned. Q The front truck 10 comprises wheels 12 on an axle 13 held ina housing 14 having a bore 15 therein to receivesaid axle, and with said housing having a lug 16 thereon adapted to receive ,a'rodline connection 17 ,pivotally secured thereto thru a pin aperture'18, and having another lug 19 thereon adapted to receive the two couplers between said trucks, one being a strut or. I

compression coupler member 20 pivotally secured to said lug 19 thru a pin aperture 21, and the other being a stay or tension coupler member 22 pivotally secured to said lug 19 thru a pin The rear truck ll axle 25 held in a, housing. 26 having a bore 27 therein to receive said axle,and with saidhousing having a lug 28thereon adapted to receive compression coupler 20. which is pivotally secured thereto thru a pin aperture 29, and having an- 33 bolted to truck 11 at one end and mounting a 1 pin or shaft 34 at the other end, on which shaft other lug thereon whereto the hereinafter menis shown as.

is pivotally mounted a link 35 adapted to pivotally I secure the tension coupler 22 thereto by means-of a pin 36, and also adapted to pivotally secure a rodlinecoamection 37 thereto by means of the pin The rodline'is operatively connected with the device at both tension ends thereof, that part .of the rodline connected with rodline connection 17 being designated as a rodline 39 and thatpart of the rodline connected with the rodline connection 37 being designated as a rodline 40, this part of the rodline being attached to carriage arm indicated by dotted line 41 of Fig. 9, assuming that rodline 39 is connected to the power and rodline 40 is connected to the load, this may be done in as much as rodline 40 is pivotally connected to my carriage.

Figs. 1, 2 and 8 0f the drawing'illustrate the rodline 40 as.being run in pipe 5 under the roadway, and in Fig. 8 the line shown as again re turned as line 42 to the Surface thru the of .getherya spreader arm on one of said trucks, a

tension coupler connecting the I other of said 2 trucks with said spreaderarm, a rodline conneca second of my devices placed on the opposite side oftheroadp. 5-

Fig. 9 illustrates the use of my'device in making an abrupt horizontalchangej in the direction of {building and:tmk indicated.

the rodline asif to avoid obstructions such as'the In operation, with, the "device. in place and the rodline connected to the power and to its load, the carriage'will travel on'the tracks and transmit the power between rodlines 39 and 40, in manner heretofore explained.

Having thus fully disclosed my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a rodline power transmitting member, a carriage, a rodline connection thereto, means of restricting the movement of said carriage to a substantially straight line, a spreader arm on said carriage, and a rodline connection to said arm, and with said last mentioned connection offset to and out of line with-said-first mentioned connection-h 2. In a rodline power transmitting member as claimed in claim one, and wherein said rodline connection to said arm is pivotal.

3. A rodline power transmitting member adapted to be'connected into a rodline, and with said 1 member. comprising a pairof trucks each having a pair of Wheels thereon, a track for said wheels;

a compression coupler connecting said trucks totion to the truck wherewith said tension coupler isdirectly connected as aforesaid, and another rodline. connection tosaid spreader arm. I 2

4. A rodline power transmitting member as claimed in claim three, and whereinsaid last namedrodline connection is pivotal. I

WILLIAM R ARNEY- 3 

